Step 4 - Analyze an event containing the chosen genre

Question 1

artistic event

Answer 1

occurs in particular space/time; dividable into shorter time segments; associated with one or more communities; includes at least enactment of a genre (e.g., festival) [wider/longer than genre, so may contain enactments of more than one genre]

Question 2

artistic genre

Answer 2

community’s category of artistic communication; unique set of formal characteristics/practices/meanings; usually 2+ generations old; people create within the genre (e.g., olonkho of Siberia)

Question 3

enactment

Answer 3

instance of artistic genre within an event

Question 4

Schrag 2014

Answer 4

integral and liminal enactments

Question 5

integral enactments

Answer 5

deep, wide-ranging relationships to a genre; very familiar, include many components connected with that genre [more complex; tend towards ecstatic; more satisfying for enactors]

Question 6

liminal enactments

Answer 6

lead to new genres; tickle imaginations; provide space for forging more social harmony—introduces the malleable element!

Question 7

essential elements of analysis

Answer 7

o need to be able to witness it firsthand (physically or through recording)
o go for mainstream/typical of this event, if possible